Billecart-Salmon

Billecart-Salmon is a medium-sized champagne house in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, France. Founded in 1818 with the marriage of Nicolas François Billecart and Elisabeth Salmon,[1] it is one of the few to remain family owned.

Billecart-Salmon
LocationMareuil-sur-Aÿ, Marne, France
AppellationChampagne
Founded1818 (1818)
Key people
  • Mathieu Roland-Billecart
Websitechampagne-billecart.fr

The Cuvée Nicolas-Francois Billecart 1959 won first place in the Champagne of the Millennium 1999, out of 150 of the finest 20th century Champagnes.[2] A magnum of the winning champagne later sold for £3,300.[3]

Billecart-Salmon was ranked tenth among major Champagne houses by Antoine Gerbelle writing for La Revue du vin de France.[4] La Revue du vin de France's Guide Vert awards Billecart-Salmon two stars out of three.[5] Billecart-Salmon Brut Reserve are aged in the cellars for 36 months before release.

Billecart-Salmon champagnes have been reviewed favourably by wine writer Jancis Robinson.[6]

The current President is, since 2019, Mathieu Roland-Billecart who represents the family’s seventh generation. He is working to further improve the already high quality of their champagnes and announced that " I want to get to the very pinnacle of what’s possible in quality in champagne[7]."

The Chef de Cafe (aka Cellar Master) is, since 2018, Florent Nys. He explains that at Billecart-Salmon they make balanced and fresh wines rather than powerful ones, and that their style is not oxidative, apart from Clos Saint-Hilaire (100% vinified in oak casks).[8]

See also

References
  1. Billecart-Salmon Archived October 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. Rose A. "Great news! The champagne won't run out" Independent (3 July 1999) (accessed 25 October 2007).
  3. Champagne Gallery: Billecart-Salmon Archived January 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 25 October 2007.
  4. Gerbelle, Antoine. "Palmarès des meilleurs champagnes de marques". La Revue du vin de France. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  5. "Billecart-Salmon". LA REVUE DU VIN DE FRANCE. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  6. Robinson J. Billecart Salmon Brut Réserve NV champagne (18 October 2005)(accessed 25 October 2007). Archived 17 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Interview With Mathieu Roland-Billecart President of Billecart-Salmon". Best Champagne. 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  8. "Interview With Florent Nys Chef de Cave of Billecart-Salmon". Best Champagne. 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-04-20.


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